PERSONALISED letters will be sent to quell the fears of age pensioners, who have been bombarding politicians with complaints about cuts to their payments.

Senior ministers in the Abbott Government have told nervous Coalition MPs that a letter would be sent to all 2.4 million age pensioners to explain that changes in the May Budget would not leave them with less money.

It is believed Labor’s relentless attack on the Government’s welfare reforms sparked Treasurer Joe Hockey to acknowledge the Coalition had to fight back.

“Pensioners think their payments are going to be cut tomorrow because they will have to work until they are 70,” one frustrated MP told The Courier-Mail.

Human Services Minister Marise Payne accused Labor of misleading age pensioners but did not reveal whether a specific plan – which had been agreed to and costed – had been formed.

“Each year, information regarding Budget measures is communicated to Centrelink recipients by the department to ensure correct information is provided through the department’s website, phone lines, shopfronts, letters and regular publications,” Senator Payne said in a statement.

“Age pension recipients will be properly informed that age pension payments will continue to increase twice each year; pensioners will be better off when the carbon tax is gone because bills will be lower and the Energy Supplement will stay; they will continue to receive the Pension Supplement; and eligibility for Pensioner Concession Cards remains unchanged.”

Highly placed sources have told The Courier-Mail that some MPs had complained to senior ministers they were being criticised by pensioners and that the Government was failing to hose down concerns.

It is believed initial discussions within the Government suggested the correspondence should come from Centrelink rather than a politician because the agency might have more credibility.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said a mailout would be nothing more than an ­advertising campaign.

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